Cheryl

Integration ideas for web tools:

I taught a lesson with 7th and 8th graders using [|www.bighugelabs.com].

I supplied the students with a list of places they could research. They researched a place/site using the bibliography worksheet. Then the students used Big Huge Labs web site and chose magazine cover (there are actually many things you may choose to create). They created really fun and neat magazine covers. I had them do a second page and create an article to attach to their cover. In the article they included lots of their info from their initial bibliography research. Please see the attached documents to see the sample research bibliography worksheet, Magazine Cover and directions, and a sample article and direction worksheet. Good luck. It was very successful and the directions are very detailed, so the students can complete it without lots of teacher help. The only problem I had was students cannot save a Magazine Cover in Big Huge Labs from one day to the next, but they can complete it easily in one day if they follow directions!